Combined rail brace and tie.



COMBINED RAIL BRACE AN-D TIE.

APPLICATION FILED Patented 111111111917.

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To all whom t may concern: I j A,

Be it known'that I, J. SMITH, a

citizen of the United States,l residing at St. Olaf,.inwthe county of ClayztonandStateof Iowa, have invented certain new and usefuli Improvements in Combined Rail Braces'and Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. j

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of a combined rail brace and tie by providing a device of this nature that will positively hold the rails from spreading apart, and of such construction that it can be manufactured cheaply and will be durable and eflicient in operation.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional plan view of a railway track, and showing the combined rail brace and tie applied to the rails, Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken through the track shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the rails of the track, and one of the track ties therefor and showing the invention applied thereto, Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the rail tie plate, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the tie rod, and showing the same removed from operative position.

Referring to the drawing more in detail, the numeral 1 designates a pair of tie plates arranged respectively at the opposite ends of a railway tie, designated 2, and adapted to form seats for the companion rails 3 of the track. Each plate has its ends projecting beyond the respective inner and outer longitudinal edges of the adjacent rails and is provided at its end with a plurality of spike openings, preferably three in number, certain of the openings being opposed and spaced, as shown at 4 and 5, and the other opening between V the first-mentioned openings and near the adjacent terminal of the plate. YThe under side of each plate 1 is provided with a plurality of diagonally extending and intersecting ridges or ribs 7, the said ridges or ribs being sharpened so as to penetrate IOWA,-v Ass'isnon or rnonmcrr.l IOWA.

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the upper surfacefofthe; tieA 2,`and` help to A. movement of the-plate 1. Associated'with' the plates' 1 is pair of ralbrace blocks .8., ,which are. located 9.1.1. the outer` longitudinal side of the rail, and each is provided with a substantially triangular shaped base flange 9, the said flange having openings therein registering with the openings formed in the adjacent outer end of the plate 1, for the reception of spikes 10, which extend through the base ange 9 and the plate 1 and have their shanks embedded in the tie 2, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The openings l and 5, which are located at the inner end of the plate l, receive spikes ll,which have their'heads engaging the base flange of the adjacent rail 3 and their Shanks extending through the plate 1 and embedded in the tie 2. v

A tie rod 12 is located between the companion rails 3 and disposed above the upper side of the tie 2, and has its opposite ends bent downwardly and inserted through the extreme openings 6 at the inner ends of theplates 1 and are embedded in the rail tie 2, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. Each of the bent terminals of the tie rod 12 is The combination with aV rail tie, of a pair l of tie plates positioned, respectively, at the provided with a plurality of locking shoulopposite ends of the tie and each having each of the opposite ends thereof provided with aA pair of opposed openings, and another opening alining with the space` between the adjacent pair and located adjacent the terminal of the end of the plates, the said plates being'adapt-edto engage bevneath the companion rails Vof a track and yhaving their under sides provided'with intersecting ribs for engaging in the tie, rail bracesy mounted on the outer ends of the plates Vand each including a substantially triangular shaped base portion having its adapted to engage over the longitudinal edge'of `the base flange of a rail, a

site sides of the rail-engaging portion, and

also having another opening located adjacent the apex end thereof, and at a point in advance of the rail-engaging portion, the

said openings in the base portion of the rail brace registering With the adjacent openings in the outer end of the tie plate, fastening elements extending through the registering openings, a tie rod extending between the opposed plates. and having its outer ends bent downwardly and extended through the openings in the terminals of the inner ends ,of the plates and engaging in the tie, and

rail-engaging elements extending through the pairs of opposed openings at the innei` ends of the plates and engaging in'the tie.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWoWitnesses.

l WILLIS J. SMITH. Witnesses: Y

F. B. TURNER, T. O. KNUDsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for Vfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of-Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

